The agreement reached with the Greens would allow Germany to spend up to €1 trillion on defence and infrastructure over the ...

BERLIN — A conservative backlash is brewing in Germany, but the likely winners are working to make the transition palatable for all citizens. The Union parties — the Christian Democratic Union ...

Euractiv Editor-in-Chief Matthew Karnitschnig says the CDU’s Friedrich Merz has indicated he is “not going to entertain” a coalition with the AfD following the German elections.

The CDU/CSU received approximately 28.5% of votes in Sunday’s election, coming in close to the 30% support estimated ahead of the polls. This will put them in first place, but their victory is ...

Former ABC chair Ita Buttrose has told a Sydney court she believed journalist ... to Earth No more US alcohol in Canadian stores CDU's Friedrich Merz secures billion-euro deal for Germany ...

The conservative CDU/CSU Christian Democrats came in first with 28.5 per cent of the vote. Its leader Friedrich Merz is in pole position to become Germany’s next leader. But if he wants to form ...

A 16-year-old Bunbury boy has been charged with allegedly making violent threats against a newly opened Sydney mosque on social media, including references to the 2019 mass shootings in Christchurch.

SYDNEY, March 4 (Xinhua ... Shanghai Maritime University, Charles Darwin University, among others. They also estimate that global warming could contribute to approximately 335,000 fire-related deaths ...

The opposition conservatives won the election, putting CDU leader Friedrich Merz – who has promised extensive tax cuts – on track to be the next chancellor. Other parties have criticized the CDU, ...

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

In Germany, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party placed first in Sunday’s election. Merz said Germany and Europe must achieve independence ...